Timothy eogebs



T. ROGERS.

' IRON FENCE.

(No Model.)

' Patented Feb. 5, 1884.

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IRON FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,860, dated February 5, 1884.

Application filed March 24, 1883. (No model.)

To CLZZ whom, it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, TIMOTHY ROGERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Clarke, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Iron Fences; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in iron fences.

My invention relates to that class of iron fences in which a double parallel rail is used,

or, rather, two rails in the same horizontal plane, By preference a rail square in its cross-section is used, (similar to that shown in another of my applications fora patella) and the picket is of the same material, and is inserted between them.

The obj act of my invention is to adapt the ornament of the picket to the inclination of the fence in adjusting it to grade; and for this purpose it is secured to the rails instead of to the picket in the usual way, and is constructed in such manner as to allow the latter to be moved toward either side in making the adj ustment of the fence, without in any way interfering with the ornament, which has a fixed attachment, by engaging with the. bindingclip, which holdsthe rails together.

Figure'l is a perspective View of a picket, its ornament, and the double rail to which it is secured. Fig. 2 is avertical section through oneof the clips, showing a side elevation of the ornament and rear rail and a View of the picket in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the rail and the two sections of the ornament.

A is the ornament, which is in two sections, one above and one below the rail a. The latter consists of the two square parallel bars, forming together a double rail, held in position by clips b, extending over them after the insertion of the picket-rod d between them. The rails are placed with their angles in a horizontal plane, and the picket inserted with its angles in transverse line abutting against them, this position being the best to facilitate the adj ustment, which will be hereinafter described. The ornament consists of the two arched bars A. These havea cross-bar half-way between the curve of the arch and the rails. Both the arch and the cross-bar are bent outward around the picket, to allow of the movement of theornament over. it when the adjustment of the rails is made. The bends of these two parts form (when viewed from above or below) an oblong opening, as they are bent in opposite directions, the arch crossing the picketrod upon one side and the cross-bar crossing it upon the other. To secure these ornamentsections in place, the lower limbs, which turn outward in a scroll form, have a deep slot or notch in their ends, which engages with a notch in the middle of the clip upon either shape to conform to the rails exactly, being just wide enough to hold them securely against the intermediate picket. These clips perform a double function-that of securing the rails together and of supporting the ornamentsectionseach clip being engaged with four of the sections, two upon either side of it. It will be noticed that the manner of adjustment of this fence is entirely different from that used in other iron fences having ornamental pickets. The ornament in this, although it extends around the picket-rod, is entirely independent of it, being wholly a fixture of the rails and intermediate clips, and moves withthe rails as the latter are adjusted- The bend c in the arch-bar is made somev what longer than the bend a in the crossbar,

inasmuch as the distance of the arch from the point p at the middle line of the rails is much greater than that of the cross-bar from the same point. In the view Fig. 2 the position of line f indicates the degree of adjustment which can be made with the proportions given. This can of course be increased by lengthening the bends c and e.

In constructing my improved fence, the rails are first placed in their parallel position with the intermediate picket-rod between them, and the clip-band slipped over the rails on each side, and the ornaments put in their place and the clip driven toward the picket-rod until its notched edge enters the slot i in the ends of the frame-bars of the ornament.

I claim as my invention- 1. An iron fence having the ornaments of the pickets secured to the clips, which connect the rails by notches engaging with said clips upon either side of the same, whereby they are made independent in their adjustment of the picket-rod, as set forth.

2. In a double-rail iron fence having the ornaments and rails made to adjust to the picket, the ornament A, composed of an upper and lower section, each provided with bent bars extending around the picket-rod above and below the rail in separate horizontal planes, and having their ends provided with means for securing them in position to the clip or band which connects the rails together, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. An ornament for the picket of an iron fence, which is adjustable independently of the rod, and having an outer arched frame and a crossbar between the arch and its engaging ends, both the arch and the crossbar being bent outward in opposite directions, to allow of the adjustment of the ornament and rails irrespective of the line of the picket'rod, as set forth.

4. The ornament-sections A, formed with the alternate opposite bends, c and c, in its framebars, to adapt it for adjustment over the picket rod d, and having the slots 2' in its ends, to secure it to the clip I) midway between the rails a, substantially as set forth.

5. An ornament for a picket-rod, having alternate frame-bars, bent outward around said rod in opposite directions, to form space for the adjustment of the same across the line of the picket, substantially as set forth.

6. A clip-band for a double-rail fence, having notches upon its edges to adapt it for engagement with the ends of the frame-bars of the ornament, in combination with the ornament-sections A, having the slots 1' in the ends of its lower limbs, the rails a, and the picketrod (1, all arranged as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

In.tcstimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

TIMOTHY ROGERS. \Vitnesses:

B. G. Coxvnnsn,

G. M. GRIDLEY. 

